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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1932
Page
2
The piece argues that Christmas meaning varies with one’s ability to understand and perceive. It contrasts reading and music skills, describes the magic of a Christmas tree for children versus adults, and praises the unseen, intangible wonder beyond mere practicality.
The text examines bad debts as a major risk in credit markets highlighting how credit drives demand and facilitates large business with built in safeguards. It notes some auto manufacturers achieve near cash sales through selling systems and suggests studying debt losses to boost prosperity without restricting consumption.
A reflection on the abundance of opinions and the difficulty of aligning two people who share the same view. It notes that entertaining an opinion requires disbelief in opposing views and suggests opinion diversity grows with population.
The text sketches a humorous quarrel among enthusiasts as they debate which pastime offers the best value. A physical culture crank taunts a golf fan while the golfer sneers at the hobbyist. Tennis fans dismiss football as overly rough.
The article argues that Christmas shopping supports merchants and yields employment and wages for factory workers. It contends that consumer spending circulates capital through production and back to the community, easing social burdens. Every purchase acts as collective capital for industry and society.
The article explains how ads influence shopper choices from the planning stage to print. It notes buyers tailor campaigns to appeal to customers, stressing honesty and value. It asserts ads reveal the true effort and quality behind each item and urges reader loyalty to honest merchants.
Town residents are reminded of a current ordinance requiring removal of snow and ice from all sidewalks. The piece stresses penalties for noncompliance and notes recent failures to clear sidewalks created slip hazards and police enforcement.
Editorial argues postal charges should end to improve service. It ridicules opinionated men and exposes distrust of smooth talkers. It mocks marriages, idle workers, and dependence while urging job creation and punishing those with fragile finances. It hints democracy prospers when wealth is shared and poverty is widespread.
Poem invites worshippers to honor the Christ Child with evergreen decor and humble deeds. A Christmas morning scene contrasts sacred reverence with worldly pomp and calls for feeding the sheep in meek, faithful service. Includes a long prose interlude about French finance and a light satire of Henry Futtle.
A local column celebrates holiday giving in Winthrop with reports on charity drives by the Emblem Club and the Winthrop Elks, the Gift Barrel program, and playful notes on clubs, shop events, and town volunteer efforts aimed at helping needy families this Christmas season.
Local contractor Henry E. Keough says a social cycle ends with a home focused winter. He urges spending on plumbing to boost home life and revive business, contrasting dining out with home comfort and lasting value. The piece mixes broader political jabs and humorous asides about debtors and cabinet rumors.
Union Congregational Church drama club presents a modern Christmas play The Christmas Voice directed by Mrs Aileen Yinger at 7 30 next Sunday evening The play, a Boston University Fine Arts model, has been staged in New England churches Everyone is invited to attend Meanwhile Tammany critiques on New York City finances and a sharp note on debtors and Russia provide local editorial texture The piece ends with a wry jab at Bolshevik credibility and recognition politics.
A nostalgic verse recalls a small church set in a pine and fir valley decked with holly for a holy day. The speaker, far from home, imagines the old church’s Christmas bell and a greeting of Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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